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Mu Space concept music player turns into a pillow
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on February 3rd, 2010
You’ve heard of Mu Space, right? It’s that social networking site that no one wants to visit anymore because they went straight to Facebook after they graduated high school.
I’m kidding, of course. According to my source, the Mu Space is a music player that transforms into a bed, but it really transforms into a pillow if you see it open. I’ve included an additional pic after the jump so you can see exactly how the user is supposed to use it.
As you can see, it resembles a bowling ball holder without the zipper when shut, but looks like a very flat and comfortable helmet/pillow when open. From there, the user just chills out with their tunes playing at their ears.
Right now, the Mu Space is merely a concept, so I don’t know how exactly the music gets downloaded onto the helmet, as I do not see any USB ports, mini-USB or otherwise.
I like the idea of comfortably listening to tunes without headphones, but I honestly can’t say that I have an occasion for this. After all, would you feel comfortable lying down in a coffee house or on a city street while you listen to your music in this fashion? Chances are, someone would probably come up to you and say that you are loitering.
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Onda VX520 portable media player
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on December 6th, 2009
Another day, another portable media player comes along that tries to unseat the iPod range (iPod classic and iPod touch) as the portable media player of choice, but this time round the Onda VX520 fails to do just that. Not that it isn’t of any good for that matter – no sir, after all, it supports 720p videos albeit coming with a rather tiny 3″ LCD display. On the other hand, you can always hook it up to your HDTV via its HDMI out port for a high definition experience wherever you go. No idea on pricing, but it does support a wide range of video files including RMVB, AVI, DAT, FLV, MOV and MKV.
Source: PMPToday
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Mintpass unveils The Cube
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on December 6th, 2009
Mintpass is back in the portable audio player scene with their latest idea – The Cube. This aptly named device comes in the form of – yup, you’ve guessed it, a cube. Guess it received its inspiration from the uber tiny MobiBLU Cube which was released a few years ago, but this 2″ cube comes with plush button controls, analog displays for its volume level, battery charge as well as frequency in order to stand out from the rest of the other pretenders. Additional features include Bluetooth connectivity and 3.5mm audio out. No word on pricing or availability, but don’t you think this looks just so adorable?
Source: Engadget
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Micro Sport Japanese MP3 Player
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on November 28th, 2009
Which is the smallest MP3 player that you’ve come across? Most people would say the iPod shuffle, while others will rememeber of the MobiBLU Cube fondly. Well, the Micro Sport Japanese MP3 Player clearly lives up to its name, redefining the word “tiny” and bringing it to new heights (or should we say, size?)
The Micro Sport Player is two sugar cubes worth of electronics into which somehow is crammed 4GB of memory and a rechargeable battery. Amazingly this tiny player features full stereo sound. One earbud is attached directly to the side of the main unit, while the other earbud trails on a cord around the back of your head, just reaching the opposite ear. Loading music is incredibly easy. Simply plug the Micro Sport into the USB port of your computer. It mounts like a USB thumb drive, and you simply copy over any MP3 files you want to play.
ThinkGeek is carrying it for $89.99 – pretty hefty price considering the paltry amount of storage space that you get, but at least you know your money went into the miniaturization of things.
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Dancepants is a kinetic-powered MP3 Player
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on November 19th, 2009
Is it just me, or are MP3 players in everything these days? I guess some concept designer just had to put an MP3 player in clothes, and why not the pants? After all, the words “dance” and “pants” rhyme.
Say, is that an MP3 Player in your pants, or…all right, I think you all know where that one was going. I’m not liking where the Dancepants is going.
You see, the Dancepants isn’t just an MP3 Player that is designed to fit in the pants. That would probably be easy. You would just find a convenient place to stitch in the apparatus, and just make certain that the user can charge it and download tunes easily.
The Dancepants are not like that. You see, it is powered by kinetic energy. So if you like to listen to music while you are jogging, then you had better keep jogging, or your music will die. That, or you will. Heh heh heh.
Seriously, the Dancepants are a great idea. After all, kinetic energy is just the energy of motion, and we need to channel all of the excess energy in motion if we really want to save energy. After all, our highly technological society always needs energy to power our machines, and we also need to exercise more. Why not combine the two?
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FINIS Next Generation SwiMP3 Player uses bone conduction technology
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on September 18th, 2009
I realize that summer is over in some parts of the world, but for those who are still swimming, this next product is for you. Especially if you want to listen to music in the water. You can now have the best of both worlds with FINIS SwiMP3 player.
This isn’t the first time that we have reported on the SwiMP3 player, or an MP3 Player that can play underwater. I think this is the first time we reported on one that uses bone conduction technology, which we have also reported on in the past.
Bone conduction doesn’t require the user to stick anything in their ear to have good music, but relies on vibrations on the skin that somehow relays the sound to your brain.
In the case of the next generation SwiMP3 player, the bone conduction apparatus fits directly on the side of the swimmer’s goggles. All the controls such as play, pause, advance tracks are all on the ear.
Just to let you know, there is only 1GB worth of storage on this guy, but how many tunes are you really going to listen to when you take a dip, anyway?
You should be able to get the FINIS next generation SwiMP3 player for about $150.
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Pill MP3 Player
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on June 8th, 2009
We at Coolest Gadgets reported on the Pill USB Drive not long ago, and it reminded me of the Pill MP3 Player that is under development.
Hopefully you can see how small it is from this photo, but if the keyboard isn’t enough to give it scale, then you should know that the Pill MP3 Player is 2.7 inches long and approximately one inch in diameter.
What you can’t tell from the photo is that the user has to pull it apart in order to access the controls, and he or she must twist it forward or back to skip tracks. Other than that, this is all I know about this presently conceptual product. I have no idea how many audio files it can hold, but if it is anything like the Pill USB, it is good enough for 30 minutes of MP3s. That really isn’t much.
I am going to go out on a limb and assume that the user needs to download their tunes by some USB to mini-USB connection.
The Pill MP3 Player is planned to be in production (or should I say prescription) later this year. So, is this the dawning of pill-shaped electronics? Why don’t they just make our cell phones pill shaped, so we can just swallow them whole to take our calls?
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Podio MP3 Player for Cyclists
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on May 5th, 2009
Every once in a while, you will see a biker who likes to pedal with his iPod. As far as I know, there is no law for doing this, but I’m pretty certain that listening to music while biking is going to block out some ambient noise.
While it is completely illegal to drive with headphones, there is another danger of having an iPod on a bike. Those earbud wires could get caught in the spokes, and then cause an accident.
I suppose this is why the Podio has been invented. The Podio is a Taiwanese MP3 player made for the bicycle. As you can see, it clips directly to the bar of the bike itself, and your music will be heard. I’m sure that you can also see that there is a speaker on this, so it doesn’t look like it is really designed for solitary playing. I would imagine that the Podio probably comes with a headphone jack, but it probably shouldn’t be used for reasons that I mentioned before.
So far, the Podio is still under development, and it is planned to have about 20 hours of use after one charge. As for memory, that is going to be at 2GB for WMA and MP3s. What we don’t have is any word on when it will be out.
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Hands on with SanDisk’s SlotRadio
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on April 13th, 2009
The slotRadio is a simple device that comes ready to use with a microSD preloaded with 1,000 of hits selected from the Billboard charts themselves. The user can use from genres of Rock, Alternative, Country, R &B/Hip Hop, Contemporary, as well as Workout and Chillout.
If you don’t like any of the preloaded tunes, then you can just connect it to your computer and load up the tunes that you do like with drag and drop. So if you want an MP3 player, and don’t want to deal with the hassles of loading, or messing with iTunes, then you don’t have to. In short, this might be the perfect Portable Media Player (PMP) for those who are not in the iGeneration. That’s right, your mother or even your grandmother could use the SlotRadio.
This is the best part of the SanDisk SlotRadio: from out of the box, a new user can instantly immerse him or herself in a world of music. If he or she does not like what is currently playing, the user may cut to the next track, or to another genre. It even has a built-in FM tuner if you want to listen to more music.
This is the worst part of the SanDisk SlotRadio: it is too random. The device only has a forward advance button. So if I wanted to hear “Dream Police” by Cheap Trick again, I have to keep hitting the forward advance until it gets to it.
If this is the PMP for you, feel free to head over to the SlotRadio site for about $99. The company is even offering a Mini Travel Case ($14.99 value) for a limited time.
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